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John Brown opposed slavery and passionately wanted its abolition. But in the wrong way and criminal insane way:On May 24th 1856 John Brown and his sons murdered five men who supported slavery. Although none of those men actually owned slaves.Later during the infamous "John Brown's Raid", Brown and his gang would illegally seize by force an armory at Harpers Ferry, Va. Take hostages. Kill a mayor and four townspeople.Not to mention the murdering of a free black man who was working as a railroad baggage handler. Would it be fair to attribute the murdering mayhem of innocent people, perpetrated by John Brown and his gang, to the cause of abolitionists? Or to their writings and...

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FIRST BLACKS WERE ALL REPUBLICANS Republicans - the racists? In 1868, Republicans elected the first black person to represent them in Congress. There were no black Democrats in Congress until 1935. For almost seven decades Republicans were the ONLY ONES electing blacks to Congress. Here are the historical facts: John Willis Menard (1838-1893); Republican - Louisiana; Term: 1868 Joseph Rainey (1832-1887); Republican - South Carolina; Term:1870-1879 Jefferson F. Long (1836-1901); Republican – Georgia; Term: 1870-1871 Robert C. De Large (1842-1874); Republican - South Carolina; Term: 1871-1873 Robert B. Elliott (1842-1884); Republican - South Carolina;...

.....But what began to radicalize American anti-slavery activists? First, it was Evangelical Christianity. Some of the radicalism they took from their faith. They took from the so-called Second Great Awakening. They took from this idea that somehow, it was their duty, it was their place in the world--many of them were the sons and daughters of ministers--to save souls. And if you'd been inspired by Charles Grandison Finney out in Oberlin, Ohio, or--as Theodore Weld had--or a number of other ministers across the North, that it was your duty to go save souls, it was only one step further--and Finney...

One hundred forty-three years ago, women's suffrage advocate Elizabeth Cady Stanton faced a conundrum: With the Civil War over, Stanton had to decide whether to support the 14th and 15th amendments to the Constitution, which enabled black men to vote -- at a time when white women such as herself still did not have that right. Stanton decided to oppose the amendments: "As the celestial gate to civil rights is slowly moving on its hinges, it becomes a serious question whether we had better stand aside and see Sambo walk into the kingdom first." The question of what to do...

"snip...Why an ancient practice [of slavery], condemned neither by the New Testament nor by Christian tradition, was recognised as unacceptable by growing numbers of men and women in the second half of the 18th century has long puzzled historians." "snip...It was not until 1833 that slavery was finally outlawed in the British empire, although that was 30 years before the United States and more than 50 before the Spanish colonies. Abolitionists were needed to the end."

Plan to honor abolitionist causes rift in Talbot County Easton - Supporters of a plan to build a statue honoring abolitionist Frederick Douglass are angry that Talbot County Council has shelved the proposal. Douglass was born in the area in 1818 and sponsors of the memorial want to build the statue on the lawn at the county courthouse. But some council members say the lawn is traditionally reserved for monuments to the county's war heroes -- including those who fought for the Confederacy. The council members suggest that the library or a park might be a better place for...

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